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Yes, but in our imaginary world of perfect capitalism, the inherent market flaw is that farmers should simply stop growing ugly vegetables, and only grow beauti
by beat 8y ago
Yes, but in our imaginary world of perfect capitalism, the inherent market flaw is that farmers should simply stop growing ugly vegetables, and only grow beautiful ones. Problem solved!
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoThat seems to be the contract model supermarkets operate with. Of course if supermarkets still took "ugly" produce it would sell just fine. Just like it does at the local greengrocers.
- beat 8y agoThere are already good markets for a lot of ugly produce. They wind up in a lot of prepared foods. Good example - baby carrots. They're not "baby carrots", they're lathed-down cores of regular carrots that had the misfortune of being ugly - crooked, lumpy, or broken. And the stuff that gets shaved off in the lathe? It winds up carrot juice, or stock, or animal feed, or any number of other things. Another example of reducing waste, though not ugly... one of our local co-ops recently started selling "pulled chicken" fresh in plastic containers, great for making dinner. Where does it come from? Their rotisserie chickens that don't sell by the end of the day. They reduce waste and get a valuable new product. (My daughter was raving about it while cooking dinner the other day - stripping chicken carcasses is one of her least-favorite bits of kitchen labor, and she's happy to be able to buy what someone else did for her already.)